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Now here's a puzzle I'm curious about and maybe it's just pushing the limits of the effect too far.   I was playing around with CC Particle World and footage of a woman dancing.  I'd roto-brushed the figure and used CC Particle World's Color Map's Origin Constant setting.  This produces a cute effect, similar to Particle Systems II's but in 3D space. The footage is from Pexels and the camera is moving, so I added a camera tracker.  This is where it gets odd.  Without the 3D camera, the particles appear on the figure.  With the 3D camera, they are displaced and small in frame.  Using Workbench's Normalize Track script to reduce the tracking distances, the particles emit at the correct size of emitter, but are still not on the figure. It's not that big a deal, but the overall effect looks better when a floor is added, as it makes the particles look like they are in real space more.   No camera:   With Camera:   With normalized script an

When I give the render command, After Effects stops for a minute, then it continues rendering. Any help?

When I use Save Frame As to save a still from After Effects 18.2, it automatically puts the timecode (0-00-00-00) at the end of the filename.Is there a way to make it stop putting the timecode at the end of the filename?

Hi, Has something happened to Motion Blur in this new update because it is grinidng my system to a halt, both in preview and rendering.  I have a decent system and use AE professionally, I've checked all the usual preview/resolution/cache settings to make sure nothing go reset in the update, but it is soooooooooo much slower to preview and render than ever before. I'm only using is on some text and a shape that whips in and out of shot, wouldn't expect it to start chugging like I'm using C4D! Is this an issue anyone else has since the update? Thanks

Hello, I'm not sure if it's a bug, or if I'm just missing something. We have an internal representation of camera data inside our plug-in and we need to exchange it with After Effects. We used to only read the camera data for rendering, but now we'd like to write back modified data as well. However, AEGP_SetCameraFilmSize is causing us some trouble. We have a button and we handle the click on a PF_Cmd_EVENT. Here's a very trimmed down function that gets called when the appropriate button is clicked. It only tries to write the film size.void AePluginConnection::BakeCamera(AeData *aeData, AeParams& params, const bool singleFrame) { AEGP_SuiteHandler suites(aeData->inData->pica_basicP); constexpr auto checkErr = [](A_Err e) { assert(e == PF_Err_NONE); }; AEGP_LayerH curLayer; checkErr(suites.PFInterfaceSuite1()->AEGP_GetEffectLayer(aeData->inData->effect_ref, &curLayer)); AEGP_CompH curComp; checkErr(suites.LayerSuite5()->AEGP_GetLaye

Like....a guy or girls walking while the cloths are moving thats kind of keyframe..how to do that? any ideas what im talking about...

Hi.  I deleted 2 shortcut keys by incident and can't find them now (Edit - key shortcut).How to find Full screen options in shortcut?

I want to lock all layers with a single click instead of holding and dragging, how do I achieve that? Is there a shortcut?

Hi. I'm relatively new to using After Effects and have a reoccuring problem. Whenever I try to add an effect to a single clip, it applies to all of them. I made sure the clips are in diffferent layers, tried locking the layers, and pre-comping each individual clip to stop the effects from applying but nothing has worked. I'm also unable to manually remove these effects from the video clips. I can't find an answer to this problem anywhere else so any suggestions would be appreciated. 

I installed after effects v24.6.2 yesterday. I imported a video file, while I click import it started lagging and got crashed. Before that I used 23 version it woked completely perfect. So its not my system problem. Windows and GPU drivers are up to date. Not only that video, I downloaded another video from envato elements and imported it. I got the same problem. I opened my previous version's workfiles, it worked good but slight lag. When I supposed to import the file, the same crash happened.  I changed my preference, RAM total-32GB. For after effects 26GB.Cache file memory expaned to 100GBcleared all cache files and also temp files in my PC.I changed preview to faster in both and adaptive resolution to interactivity.Turned on and off GPU accelerated settings.Reinstalled many times.Used beta version same crash happened.Actually I installed premiere pro now. While I imported the video, the same thing happened. I think my PC had the problem.What can I do with the PC. Wha

Testing the AE CC 2018 release. So I added some text to the stage and loaded a JSON file into my project. After I created an expression that would read a value from the JSON datasource, AE correctly showed that value in the text placeholder. So far so good, but if I render the project in AME (2018 of course) it just shows 'Text' and not the value from the JSON file. Rendering in AE itself did work as expected. Am I missing something here?

Hi everyone, I’ve been approached by a brand called OceanofPDF (https://oceanofpdf.co.uk/) to create some short promotional videos and images for their collection of books. The project requires simple yet engaging visuals, but I’m facing a few challenges with After Effects. First, I’m unsure which transitions would best suit showcasing book covers in a way that feels smooth and visually appealing. Should I go with a basic fade or something more dynamic?Also, they’ve asked for text animations that are casual but still professional. I’ve tried using some presets, but they don’t quite match the style they’re looking for. Lastly, since these videos will be posted on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, I’m not entirely sure what export settings would ensure high quality while keeping the file size manageable. If anyone has experience in similar projects or can offer advice on the best way to approach this in After Effects, I’d really appreciate your insights. Thanks in advan

Hello, I am trying to paint outside of a mask but I cannot. Is there any solution? Thanks.

I have a project that consists of three codes, the project is based on having a website hosted on localhost and changing two texts of a composition from that website so that the video is automatically rendered.But I have a problem and it is that the render does it but without changing the texts.Does anyone know how to fix it?Index.html<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="es"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Renderizar Video</title> <style> body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 20px; } input { margin: 5px; padding: 10px; width: 300px; } button { padding: 10px 20px; margin-top: 10px; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Renderizar Video con Textos</h1> <label for="nom">Nom:</la

I have an issue with my after effects. On my desktop, (Not laptop) After effects keeps throwing up an error that it did not before. I tried uninstalling it, reinstalling it, installed different versions, installed the beta, and nothing works. All of my other adobe apps work. And after effects works on my laptop so I don't know if it's an account reason or something else. Please let me know. 

Por algum motivo o after effects não quer ser baixado por avisar que meu pc não é compativel com seus requisitos, mas verifiquei várias vezes e tenho plena certeza que ele cumpre com os requisitos exigidos:CPU Ryzen 9 5900XT64 gb memoria ram GPU NVIDIA geforce RTX 4060tiOS Windows 11 pro 64 bitsQuando clico no ″incompatível‶ mostra que preciso atualizar o sistema, mas eu atualizei todos os drives de todos meus componentes possiveis do pc, da cpu até da placa de video, nem mesmo com windows atualizado não muda esse aviso e sem sucesso de baixar o programa até agora 

Hi All I am very new to After Effects and would like to know if it is possible to achieve my goal. I am making a short product-based clip. It will include rendering a 3D part of a product, but the product is an enclosure with a circuit board inside it.  I would like import the full 3D part and having multiple part open up , with the circuit board being placed inside the enclosure. How should I approach this?

Hi, Wiggle expression needs frequency and amplitude. I understand Frequency. But Amplitude is giving me trouble. X position of a circle is 540 (1080x 1080 comp) . Just in the middle. so If I write in X position wiggle (2,200) that means am telling AE move the circle twice  every second and offest will be 200 from original value right? in that case the position range is 540-200 =340 and 540+200= 740. right? So range is fixed. from 340 to 740. then why does it move beyond 740? it touches 758!! why? what am missing here? 

Built and textured in C4d. Export as .glb. When I import into AE the color is all wrong. Using the latest AE and even tried the latest AE beta. Tried different color spaces and texture file types. Thoughts?

So i've tried everything, i have an i9-13900 Processor, an RTX 1490 GPU Running off an SSD with more then enough free space on an MSI z790 Tomohawk Motherboard... SO my pc isnt the issue i've made sure to disable Game boost in the Bios, My graphics drivers are 100% up to date, i've tried it with game ready drivers, as well as with Studio mode drivers... but if i go into even a simple animation as a fire partical falling, and hit space bar to Play the animation.. while it loads... or if i'm rendering an animation or all manners of things.. it doesnt give me an error or say something broke, it just 100% closes.. As if the program was never opened, then upon reoponing it it says there was an error ... maybe try disabling some plug-ins... but sadly the only plugin i have is Saber.. as I literally just re-downloaded the program in hopes that it would fix my issue... but much to my dismay it has not.. i'm forced to Click pause repeatedly during render to stop the program from just closing do

Hi! I have just created a catalogue using In Design. I was told I could add effects to the catalogue so that it may be viewed by my clients as a magazine o physical catalogue. I have no idea how to do this. Can anyone help me? Thanks! 

Latest versions of After Effects 2022 and 2021 are causing system instability, using up 58GB of RAM and then freezing the entire computer even when the software is just idling in the background. There is a huge memory leak that no one is able to discover and "turning off multi frame rendering" does nothing to help the issue. But I found a fix! I reverted to 2020 and now everything is working perfectly again. It's the exact  same old after effects experience: slow, laggy, no real-time playback, except its 100 times better because it doesnt crash my entire system after 2 minutes of use. Just a quick note, you have to directly contact Adobe using the support "Chat" to ask them to give you an installer file for AdobeAfterEffects17AllTrial and AdobeMediaEncoder14AllTrial and youll need AdobePremierePro14AllTrial if you want to be able to use dynamic link between Premiere still. Have fun everyone! Maybe Adobe will one day fix the software we pay hundreds of

good morning,is there a comparison page of after effects 2024 and preceeding versions ?I'm looking the same page for premiere pro.🙂 thx

help i must AE i have 2024 version after effect not open 

My After Effects doesn't create an .aep file and since it doesn't create it, I can't save my projectsand says "Unable to recover the location of the user's Documents folder using a temporary folder''